Yellow Cat

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Yellow Cat

2020

1h 30m

Comedy

Drama

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Ex-con Kermek wishes to find a job, but the local police officer, Bozoy, decides to recruit him to commit crimes for his gang of small-time crooks. He soon meets Eva, a prostitute, and after falling in love the pair abscond to the Kazakh hills and mountains with nothing to their names but a gun and a stolen box of mob money. Eager to leave behind their lives of crime, they aspire to open a movie theater. The only things standing in their way are Zhambas, the cops, and Baldyr, the gang boss.

Guy Lodge

Film of the Week

Conventional movie mythology is repurposed and remixed throughout Yellow Cat, a delightfully askew caper from prolific, peculiar Kazakh auteur Adhilkan Yerzhanov, which incorporates elements of Bonnie and Clyde, Singin' in the Rain and Badlands

Nov 12, 2021

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Jessica Kiang

Variety

A film that apes its influences with such infectious, idiosyncratic enthusiasm that it ends up entirely its own, lovely little thing.

Sep 18, 2020

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

There's such a warmth to the comedy here that the inevitable tragic sweep of the film feels all the more steeped in sadness.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 20, 2021

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

[A] film that teaches you nothing about the culture it came from - or really anything about actual human behavior - and everything about the kinds of movies its director likes.

Jun 5, 2021

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Mariona Borrull

El antepenúltimo mohicano

Kermek is a faithful tribute to Jean-Pierre Melville's [Le Samourai]. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Mar 18, 2021

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Anthony Kao

Cinema Escapist

Yellow Cat feels more like a series of thinly grafted vignettes. It also caters heavily to hardcore fans of classic cinema, rather than broader contemporary audiences.

Oct 28, 2020

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Adilkhan Yerzhanov

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Azamat Nigmanov

Kermek

Kamila Nugmanova

Eva

Sanjar Madi

Zhambas

Yerzhan Zhamankulov

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Synopsis

Ex-con Kermek wishes to find a job, but the local police officer, Bozoy, decides to recruit him to commit crimes for his gang of small-time crooks. He soon meets Eva, a prostitute, and after falling in love the pair abscond to the Kazakh hills and mountains with nothing to their names but a gun and a stolen box of mob money. Eager to leave behind their lives of crime, they aspire to open a movie theater. The only things standing in their way are Zhambas, the cops, and Baldyr, the gang boss.

Director: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Producer: Serik Abishev, Olga Khlasheva, Asel Sadvakasova
Screenwriter: Adilkhan Yerzhanov, Inna Smailova
Production Co: Zerde Films, Arizona Productions, Short Brothers, Kazakhfilm Studios
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2021
Runtime: 1h 30m